GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |